Themes don’t seem to get a lot of shine when we’re talking about fiction writing. We spend a lot of time on character development, plot, even point of view, but not as much time dissecting how that all comes together in the form of themes. It’s a lot more on the nose in nonfiction writing which is centered around a certain idea or theme, while in fiction, it can be a bit more subtle but still necessary for the reader. While I was poking around Free Within Ourselves, by Jewell Parker Rhodes, she had such a great definition I wanted to share. 

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